The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-02

FIVE feet ten inches in height. weighs $50 pounds.
and is said to have exceptionally good control OF
the ball. %fE
The Chicagos will stay over and play game
Tuesday. 1t is possible that two games will
be played for one admission.
The Boston club will play off two postponed
games at Washington next week. making the
series there five instead of three games.
Twitchell leads the League pitchers with
average of games of 81, while Csrnthers
leads the Association with an average OF 49,
Mike Shea. who pitched for the Cincinnatis
early this season. and who afterward went to
Kansas City. has signed with the Charlestons.
President Young saysi it is but waste of val
liable time to speculate the probability Of
either Arson or Ward being released by their
respective clubs
The League players who have made ten or
more home runs this season are: Thomson, 10;
Ryan, IL; Morrill, ~; O'Brien. Wood. Pfeffer, ID
each; Brouthers, IA, and Roger Conner tops the
list with IL.
Bsrne Gays that neither club will have a
walkover in the worlds championship series.
but that close and exciting struggle would be
the result He considers Caruthers quite the
equal of Clarkson.
: The Chicago and Cineinna clubs, the proba-
BILE holders of second honors in the Lesgus and
Association. have arranged to play series of
six cames-three at Cincinnati, Oct TO- IL. IL
and three at Chicago, Oct 10. a. and 10
a story is going the rounds that McQuade,
Gaffney. and Ferguson, the three leading UNI
pres IN the profession, have secretly leagued
/ together and agree to demand S., 0G0 for next
season, refuse altogether It is
thought Yves Curry is also in the conspiracy
Some OF the American Association magnates
are talking very seriously of modifying the rules
restricting the pitchers position in the box. but
majority favor the rule as it now Ia. 1t is
probable. however. that they will go back to the
thrse-strike rule. Five balls will continue the
limit of bad-pitched balls. though she base hit
feature may he eliminated.
Grace Pierce, the International League UNI
pire. has received q copy of charges preferred by
President Miller, of the Star base ball club. in
which it 10 alleged that Pierce was drunk at
Syracuse and Newark: that he forced Murphy
to drink against the latter's will. and that ne
took Lynch out of bed at 10 O'clock at night and
started out to do the town." both returning
drunk in the morning
President Young has notified OFT e. Brewer
of Trenton, N. j., that ths Brewer trophy has
been practically won by Detroit, and suggests
its shipment thus early to enable the club to
place it on exn btion before the closes.
President Young concratulates Mr. Stearns on
the Detroits having fairly won the pennant. says
he is proud of their success, and hopes they will
now capture the worlds championship
There is considerable apprehension felt in
Louisville over the possibility that some one
more of the savorte players in their team will
be released to the Brooklyn club as a concession
to Byrne for agreeing to the percentage plan.
President Byrne stated recently in an interview
that they had to have some sort of an arrange
ment to equalize matters before he would con-
sent to a division of gate receipts. He said that
he would like to have one or two of the Louis
willie players and would also be willing to pay
high price for Corkhill's release.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: Unless De-
troit falls down she will cross a winner by
large majority The Detroit club now has seven
games to play. four with Pittsburg and three
with Indianapolis Chicago will eudeavor TO
play nine, five with Pittsbure and four with
Indianapolis. The Windy City team has fifteen
games in all unplayed, but OF these four will not
be played. three being with Boston and one
with New York. If Detroit loses the seven and
Chicago wins the entire nine. the percentage
will be, Detroit 612, Chicago 639 By winning
four games of the seven, very probable event,
Detroit will have a percentage of six points bet
ter than that of Chicago in case the latter win
all of the eleven games she will try to play. aud
in case Detroit wins two games her percentage
will exceed that of Chicago should the latter win
ten games out OF the eleven If Chicago loses
three of the eleven games her last chance will
have gone glimmering for Detroit by winning
game will beat her ont